27 June 2014
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) continued its Disaster Preparedness Week yesterday with an erected in Rawson Square yesterday, under the theme “Comprehensive Disaster Management for a More Resilient Development of the Bahamas a Good Investment.” The exhibition not only focused on hurricane preparedness but disaster preparedness in general for those in the capital and […]
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27 June 2014
A 51-year-old man of Lightbourne Avenue is in custody after he was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs and assault with a deadly weapon on Wednesday, police have said. According to reports, shortly before 6:00 p.m., mobile division officers were on patrol on Graham Drive off Yellow Elder Way, when they stopped the suspect in […]
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27 June 2014
The death of a 25-year-old Grand Bahama man back in March is said to have been caused by blunt force trauma from falling. According to police officials on that island a Coroner’s Inquest earlier this month made a ruling in the death of Delano Dorva on the grounds of Casa Bahama. Dorva’s lifeless body was […]
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27 June 2014
The government is said to still be in consultations with officials of the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) to avoid the country being blacklisted as it seeks to regulate the web shop industry. Prime Minister Perry Christie told reporters Thursday that that he will not attempt to regularise the web shop industry unless he is certain […]
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27 June 2014
Officials at The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) said the company will soon embark on a major system upgrade that is expected to cause glitches across the system. In a press statement issued Thursday, BTC officials said they are set to soon begin a cell optimisation exercise for improved network stabilisation in late July. “During this […]
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27 June 2014
Imagine a place so serene, so exotic and so inviting that its welcome mat stretches for more than 40 acres, offering breath taking panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and its morning greeting is a warm kiss of freshly baked pastries. You’re there. This blissful seclusion is the newly built Ocean Dream Beach Resort located […]
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27 June 2014
Chervita Khadine Campbell was voted in as the new Chief Councillor for the City of Freeport District Council on Monday and Nevar Lionel Smith, a 27-year-old radio personality from Mix 102.1 FM is the new deputy chief councillor. The nine-member Council was sworn into office, June 25, in the meeting room of the National Insurance […]
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26 June 2014
Police officials reportedly shot an armed suspect yesterday but his accomplice was able to escape after officials foiled a mid afternoon home invasion in the Stapleton Gardens area. According to eye witnesses on the scene the man who was shot was outfitted with an ankle monitoring bracelet. It was just after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday when […]
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26 June 2014
Members of the Free National Movement (FNM) on Wednesday claimed that the lights were cut off to all public schools in Grand Bahama after the government allegedly did not pay the bills. According to a press statement issued by FNM Member of Parliament for Central Grand Bahama and Shadow Minister of Public Works Neko Grant […]
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26 June 2014
The Bahamas Medical Association recently announced that they have added 24 new Bahamian doctors to its 301-member body this past weekend. Some 24 Bahamian students were inducted as new doctors during the University of the West Indies School of Clinical Medicine and Research Awards ceremony on Sunday. The graduates were reminded by post graduate-education coordinator, […]
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